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Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries. Lillian N. Cassel Fall 2006. A digital library. An informal definition of a digital library is a managed collection of information, with associated services, where the information is stored in digital formats and accessible over a network. --

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Digital Libraries

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  1. Digital Libraries Lillian N. Cassel Fall 2006

  2. A digital library • An informal definition of a digital library is a managed collection of information, with associated services, where the information is stored in digital formats and accessible over a network. -- • Wm Arms, Digital Libraries, 1999 • A focused collection of digital objects, including text, video, and audio, along with methods for access and retrieval, and for selection, organization, and maintenance of the collection. -- • Witten and Bainbridge, How to Build a Digital Library 2003

  3. Overview of this course • This course is about presentation of information on the Web, with special attention to Digital Libraries. • Required coursework will include • Readings, discussion (in class and online), and projects. There will be no examinations, unless circumstances indicate a need for one. • Find course materials in WebCT • New version this semester with a lot of new features. Let me know if something does not work correctly.

  4. Goals for Class 1 • Introduce the concept of a digital library • Introductions: Who are we and what do we want to achieve in this class? • Review the course structure • Look at WebCT • Describe assignments, projects to be expected • Look at the calendar • Introduce some tools -- cmap and furl

  5. Some tools - concept maps • Concept Maps • A graphical representation of concepts, ideas, topics, entities and relationships among them. • A useful tool: cmap from IHMC • See http://cmap.ihmc.us/ • Explore the cmap page, including a concept map about concept maps • Do a pencil & paper concept map on a subject of interest to your group -- a sport, a season of the year, a career interest, whatever. Use at least 20 nodes. We will look at a selection of these and offer suggestions.

  6. Some tools: Furl • Frame URL -- a tool to archive any page you find and might want to remember and search. • Allows you to create a “personal archive.” • Provides the ability to search in your archive, share it with others • http://www.furl.net/home.jsp • Let’s furl some web pages in a category.

  7. What is a library? • An active exercise to explore what we know about, and think about, traditional libraries. • How do we translate these characteristics to the digital world? • Is that the right model? Are we unnecessarily constraining the digital environment? Are there things that do not translate?

  8. Class 1 summary • Course plan described and discussed • Class members surveyed • Tools -- cmap and furl -- introduced • Concept mapping practiced • The idea of a library, and of a digital library, explored. • Teams formed

  9. Next week: • Check the calendar • Readings and an assignment due • The 5 S model for digital libraries (and other information retrieval systems) • Introduction to the hardware and software systems to be used for projects.

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